HegartyMaths Blog

I’ve always read that quote and was troubled by the ignorance part, which I, being a firm advocate
in meritocracy with all things in life, like to believe is not the case. But in so far as applying
this quote to success for a pupil in school maths I would alter the ignorance part and keep the
second part to it to say.

Hanging on my “wall of inspiration” in my maths classroom is Nelson Mandela’s famous quote on
education. Given that modern technology has, without question, revolutionised the way we do almost
everything in our lives, it is a reasonable question to ask, whether using technology effectively
could help improve education and, as such, in Mandela’s words change the world. Read around the
subject of the use of technology in education, aka, edtech and you will find as many studies and...

The old adage above couldn’t be further from the truth in my opinion. I like to say “those who can,
have unrelenting energy, buckets full of passion, an ability to be masterful communicators and work
in sometimes tough conditions, teach”...